Humidor.



H; P. GUE/ MEER & w. C. SCHULZ.Y

HpMIDoE. APPLIOATION Hum' .mi 26,1912.

. Patented-00111913.

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` f It. is one of thev objects. of this inventionv UNITED strains PATENTorrion.

. v Henman :E: onnmnnfnnniwii'raiin `sleirtifrfgz, or MILWAUKEE,wisoonsna' iiypiictitaineknuiysaisie. einem@ rifi'jzee the -United;Sims, .andi residents. of VMii. -waiikee, thecounty of Milwaiikeej andState-of Wisconsimfhave 4inventedinevv and useful Improvements-iiiHumidors, of lwhich thel following is? a` description, referenc'e be fing had.' to the accompanying. drawings; 1 0 i l' which are a. parto-fthisLspeciication. f.

This invention `relates.:to improvements in v humidors more iparticularlyl .althoughnot solely,` adapted for'finaintaining aiconstantdegree 'of moisturey witliii1= .`comparatively 15,

small receptacles such; as cigar boxes andl abinets and smallshow casesandthe like.

to provide a humidorjwhich may be placed Within 'and easilyattached toa. cigar boxor to the Wall ofan inclosurejo'f the character described,and W ich/will Acharge the latmos- I A- phere Within the inclosure withthe proper degree of moisture to' preserve the'l articlesw contained'Within the inclo-su're in 't'he best condition.

| A. further object of-l the invention is to I .provide avhumidor inwhich the `moisture' holdingnieans may be easily recharged with Waterwhen dr- I A further object ofgthe in'ventioii is to .providena humidor`ofltl'ie character described which is comparatively'smalliin size andwhichisso'inexpeiisivefto inanutacture fio ' a side -vieiv of'. theimproved huinidiir, the

slide or cover .thereto being shown in partl)T v as to bealsoparticularly adapted for advertisingpurposesL. With. the above andother objects in vieiv In the 'accompanying drawing. in ivhich the samereference characters indica-te the Same partsfin all. of thefviews':Figure 1 is open position to expose the moist-ure retainfing pads toview ;vFig. 2' is artrans'versesec- -tional ,vieivA tlie1'eof;'l"1g. 3is an edge view r-of the.- liuinidor shoiving .the mannerjof fas-- Afiedform of liumidor shown within 'a cigar- 55 1 teningthe device Within acigar boxor other .'iece-ptacle, the bok being indicated b v dottedlines and thedevice'heing-shown; as .partly broken away to illustrate'the interior. co`n structiong'Fig. i Ais an edge .viewot a modibox,'tliebox being indicated b v dotted lines and the device being sliinvnaspartly broken .stemmer-eff@ may raten n doet. maia'.

.'r'vgayrinterior Construction;

-lign 1`s-a'side view of the modified form of .hiiinidomf and Fig. 46.isa side view ofthe opposite side of `the-humidcr `with shoivii inpart-ly open position. y

Referringtothe, drawing the'nuiner'al 8 the .cover 'indicates the baseerattaching portion of the. improved' humidor, 9 the.flaiiged side.`Y

edge'portions 'and -f10 the edge flange porh 'thereoif. These-portionswith the :baseTM -fformelongted'rectangular case'opeii at i one end '11-and' on'one side 12. .'Thetlanges "lfofthese portions exten'd inwardlytoward ea'ch other and' serve to hold the slide or cover 1 4 inposition. This 'cover is provided 'with side edge flanges 15 and areal'end flange 16 .which extend approximately to' the base portion of thehiiniidor .and forma pad-holding chamber or inclosure 17 in' .Which'isplaced a moisture-holding pad in 'the' torm of sheetscf blotting paperor" other absorbent material 18.

In order to gradually charge the air With moisture theside face of theslide or cover is provided with perforations 8. which open communicationwith the pad cliamberand permit the escape of-'tl'ie moisture therefrom.

The base portion is provided -with end ears 19 having openings 20formed' Atherein through ivhich'pins 20 are vdriven -in attacliingthehumidor to the ivall of areceptacle. of the pins 20 projects intothepatl'i of movement of the rear end flange ofthe cover' and alsoserves to lock said cover in its closed position. f v

The forward end of the'eover is provided with a knob or projection 21for convenience iii opening the cover.

In use. the cover and the pad contained.

therein are withdrawn'from the case and the lVhen thus attached the headof one -eol pad is permitted to absorb all of the ivater charge the airWithin the receptacle with the f proper degreeof moisture and maintainthis huii'iidit-v .uiitil the ivater is entirely evaporated fromthe.pad. and ivhenevaporated Athe pad may again be charged.

ln'tlieinodfied forni of liuinidor the rase is in t-lie forni of anenvelop 22 preferably formed 'ot' waterproof paper and -liaving side.and-end flapsV .)f'and Q4 respectively. which are adapted "to be foldedover upon the per-- V1() by the numeral 28.

l@ tulo as'tto 'be Idesirable '5 tinggrpfmer lor other absorbentmaterial 27 plaoedgwithin the envelop: This fonn of humidor is'comparatively thin and 4may be placed within'a cigar boxfilled'withcigars.l

- Theeigar jbox or receptacle is indicated '.From the foregoingdeseription it will be seenthat the humidor 'is of very simpleconstruction and'is well adapted for the purpose deserihed and is soinexpensive'-to manufact asan, advertising medium.

"' What we claim as new and desire to secure* by'Lette'rs Patent is:

*JA humidor, comprlsinga base portion 2Q having apertured ears and'angular side wal-1s and an end wail, the base portionand the wallsforming a rectangular inc losure, a perforated cover slidablyengaging'the angular portions ofl the wall and having an end. and sideiianged portions which form a cover. inolosure, an absorbent medium:removably positioned within-thecover inclesure and removablel therewith,and means extending through the apertures of the base ears lfor securingsaid baseto asupport, the

means-extending through one of the ears .serving to lock the cover inclosed position.

' In testimony whereof, we afiix our signatures 1n presence of twoWitnesses. v

